different between marginalize vs frontier

English

Alternative forms

• marginalise (mostly British)

Etymology

From marginal +? -ize.

Verb

marginalize (third-person singular simple present marginalizes, present participle marginalizing, simple past and past participle marginalized)

1. (transitive) To relegate (something, especially a topic or a group of people) to the margins or to a lower limit; to exclude socially or otherwise.

Synonyms

• alienate
• invisibilize
• peripheralize

Antonyms

• accept

Related terms

• marginal
• marginalization

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English frounter, from Old French fronter (whence Modern French frontière), from front.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /f??n?t??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /f??n?t??/
• Rhymes: -??(?)
• Hyphenation: fron?tier

Noun

frontier (plural frontiers)

1. The part of a country which borders or faces another country or unsettled region
2. The most advanced or recent version of something; leading edge.

   the frontier of civilization

3. (obsolete) An outwork of a fortification.

Synonyms

• (part of country bordering another): marches; the border

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

frontier

1. Lying on the exterior part; bordering; coterminous.

   a frontier town

Translations

Verb

frontier (third-person singular simple present frontiers, present participle frontiering, simple past and past participle frontiered)

1. (intransitive) To live as pioneers on frontier territory.
2. (transitive, obsolete) To place on the frontier.